8 Days | Snorkel among the colourful corals and marine life of the Maldives on a sailing trip through paradise
Take a trip to paradise and climb aboard a traditional Dhoni boat for a sailing trip through the Maldives. On this eight-day getaway, you’ll spend your days sailing, swimming and snorkelling among colourful corals, white-sand beaches, mangroves and tropical fish. Maybe see dolphins, turtles, manta rays and nurse sharks and watch the gorgeous sunsets to end each day of bliss. Have tea and locally made sweets with the locals on tiny islands, be treated to a traditional music and dance performance after dinner on the beach and learn how to make Madivian cuisine with a cooking demonstration and breakfast. With a local crew and leader by your side, you’ll be sure to see all the best bits of island living!
Trip overview
- Start
- Male, Maldives
- Finish
- Male, Maldives
- Theme
- Sailing
- Destinations
- Maldives
- Physical rating
- Indicates how physically exerting a trip is, and how fit you will need to be to enjoy it. More info on physical ratings
- Style
- Original
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1 - Max 12
- Trip code
- HPSM
- Soak up the beauty of bright blue waters, white sands, palm trees and marine life with one full week cruising aboard a private, traditional Dhoni in the Maldives.
- Swim and snorkel every day with tropical fish by your side – you might even be lucky enough to swim with manta rays, stingrays, triggerfish, turtles, reef sharks and nurse sharks – the Maldives is home to the biggest population of nurse sharks in the world!
- Snorkel at Biyaadhoo Reef to see the resident green turtles and schools of red-tooth triggerfish and bannerfish. Explore the colourful coral garden near Maafushi, with its beautiful drop off full of tabletop corals and oriental sweetlips.
- Be treated to fresh, local Maldivian cuisine with a cooking demonstration where you’ll learn how to make traditional mas huni and Maldivian tuna curry. Then, have tea at a small, locally owned cafe where you’ll get to try some freshly made snacks with the locals.
- Enjoy a beachside dinner with traditional East African Bodu Beruand Langiri folk music, and dance with the locals as the sun goes down, moving to the beat of the drums.
- This trip is aboard a traditional Dhoni (a traditional wooden motor sailing boat). All cabins have twin bunk beds and will have ensuite bathrooms, are on the lower deck. It’s recommended that you pack light, as cabins are cosy.
- All cabins will experience a light engine noise when the ship is moving (and occasionally when you drop anchor). It’s probably worth packing earplugs if you’re a light sleeper.
- A good swimming ability is essential on this trip to enjoy all activities.
- Many meals are included onboard the boat. Where meals are not included, you’ll have time on land in beachside towns and resort towns for optional meals.
Boats
Itinerary
Inclusions
7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners
Dhoni
Traditional Dhoni style boat (7 nights)
- South Male Atoll - Swim stop
- Rihivelli Lagoon - Swim stop
- Kudi Boli - Snorkelling
- Anbaraa - snorkelling
- Ruhhurihuraa - snorkelling
- Keyodhoo shipwreck - snorkelling
- Hulhidhoo - snorkelling
- Coral Garden (Vaavu Atoll) - snorkelling
- Fulidhoo - Village walk
- Fulidhoo - Wooden boats construction experience
- Fulidhoo - Evening Hedhikaa Experience
- Biyaadhoo house reef - snorkelling
- Coral Garden Guraidhoo Island - snorkelling
- Fulidhoo - Visit to a local cafe
- Fulidhoo - Maldivain Theme Beach Dinner
- Fulidhoo - Cultural show featuring Bodu Beru
- Guraidhoo Island - Maldivian breakfast Cooking demonstration
- Ithaafushi Faru - Snorkelling
- Male - city tour
Dates and availability
Important notes
This trip is operated onboard a traditional Dhoni boat.
This trip starts on day 1 at 12pm at Velana International airport in Male and finishes at 9am on day 8 back at Velana International airport, Male.
ACCOMMODATION ONBOARD THE BOAT
This trip is accommodated entirely on board a Dhoni style boat (a traditional wooden motor sailing boat). All cabins have one set of twin bunk beds, an ensuite bathroom, and all cabins are located on the lower deck.
Rooms are allocated on arrival by our skipper according to group composition, which means it is not possible to reserve or guarantee any specific berth or cabin. Single passengers will be paired up with another single passenger of the same gender in a twin bunk bed cabin. If you’d prefer not to share a cabin, a single cabin supplement is available at an additional charge and is subject to availability. Couples travelling together on the same booking number will be placed in a cabin together.
While not everyone may feel entirely comfortable living in such close quarters, those who are looking to revel in the adventure and exhilaration of a sailing trip usually find any discomfort from cramped living conditions is more than made up for by the whole experience.
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